A Technical Feasibility Analysis to Apply Pseudomonas aeroginosa MR01 Biosurfactant in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery of Low-Permeability Carbonate Reservoirs of Iran
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Department of Chemical Engineering,Sharif University of Technology
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Research Center,Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
The e ect of an ecient biosurfactant produced from Pseudomonas aeroginosa MR01, a
bacterial strain isolated from oil excavation areas in southern Iran, on the recovery of residual oil trapped
within carbonate rocks, was investigated. In a core holder set-up, bearing a number of limestone- and
dolomite-containing core samples, biosurfactant
ooding resulted in oil recoveries as large as 20% to 28%
Residual Oil (RO). Biosurfactant injection in less permeable rocks in a range of 0.5 to 32 md was more
successful, in terms of oil production. In the case of the least oil recovery via biosurfactant
ooding,
incubation of the core with a biosurfactant solution at reservoir conditions, increased the recovery from
13% residual oil at zero resting time to 15% after a resting time of one week and to about 30% after a
resting time of about two weeks. Based on interfacial tension measurements, salinity and, to a larger
extent, biosurfactant reduced interfacial tension. When salinity increased from 170000 to 200000 ppm,
the fraction of residual oil production increased to about 20%.
Adelzadeh, M. R. , Roostaazad, R. , Kamali, M. R. and Bagheri Lotfabad, T. (2010). A Technical Feasibility Analysis to Apply Pseudomonas aeroginosa MR01 Biosurfactant in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery of Low-Permeability Carbonate Reservoirs of Iran. Scientia Iranica, 17(1), -.
MLA
Adelzadeh, M. R. , , Roostaazad, R. , , Kamali, M. R. , and Bagheri Lotfabad, T. . "A Technical Feasibility Analysis to Apply Pseudomonas aeroginosa MR01 Biosurfactant in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery of Low-Permeability Carbonate Reservoirs of Iran", Scientia Iranica, 17, 1, 2010, -.
HARVARD
Adelzadeh, M. R., Roostaazad, R., Kamali, M. R., Bagheri Lotfabad, T. (2010). 'A Technical Feasibility Analysis to Apply Pseudomonas aeroginosa MR01 Biosurfactant in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery of Low-Permeability Carbonate Reservoirs of Iran', Scientia Iranica, 17(1), pp. -.
CHICAGO
M. R. Adelzadeh , R. Roostaazad , M. R. Kamali and T. Bagheri Lotfabad, "A Technical Feasibility Analysis to Apply Pseudomonas aeroginosa MR01 Biosurfactant in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery of Low-Permeability Carbonate Reservoirs of Iran," Scientia Iranica, 17 1 (2010): -,
VANCOUVER
Adelzadeh, M. R., Roostaazad, R., Kamali, M. R., Bagheri Lotfabad, T. A Technical Feasibility Analysis to Apply Pseudomonas aeroginosa MR01 Biosurfactant in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery of Low-Permeability Carbonate Reservoirs of Iran. Scientia Iranica, 2010; 17(1): -.
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